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NATIONAL BOURBON DAY – June 14
National Day Calendar ^ | June 14, 2023 | Staff

Posted on 06/14/2023 6:18:16 AM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 06/14/2023 6:18:16 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Diana in Wisconsin; mylife; SunkenCiv

Bourbon Ping!...................for medicinal purposes only, you understand.......


2 posted on 06/14/2023 6:19:06 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Bourbon and motorcycles are why I have a perfect record of not killing anyone.

Living in the bourbon capital of the world helps


3 posted on 06/14/2023 6:21:48 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Bourbon and motorcycles................

A local sheriff’s deputy was fired a few years back because he had too much of both.............


4 posted on 06/14/2023 6:23:26 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Add “Must be distilled in Kentucky” to the list of rules. I’ll drink to that!


5 posted on 06/14/2023 6:25:04 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: Red Badger

I’m Irish and am hugely insulted by the existence of a bourbon day. *EVERY* day is bourbon day!


6 posted on 06/14/2023 6:27:02 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: BANANA REPUBLIC!)
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To: Red Badger
They missed one vital requirement, the water. Kentucky has pure water filter by limestone. The limestone leaves the good stuff, calcium and magnesium and removes iron which ruins a bourbon. I believe it also allows you to taste the unique flavors from the charcoal. If the limestone water was a requirement out of state whiskeys would not qualify as a bourbon.

I spoke to a distiller on a trip to Lexington, he said the best bourbons are from Kentucky and some parts of Tennessee because of the limestone filtration. The water is unique. He said bourbons from outside those areas either use local water industrial filtered to remove the harsh chemicals and the iron or they buy barrels of bourbon from different Kentucky distillers. They blend the bourbons, then market it under their own label. Best to stay with a bourbon from Kentucky. Lots to choose from. I recently saw bourbons for sale from distillers in New Jersey and one from Cali. My first thought was that old salsa commercial "made in New York City!" I suppose that if the harsh chemicals used to treat potable water in those regions are filtered out along with he iron they could produce a good bourbon with the right barrels.

7 posted on 06/14/2023 6:41:51 AM PDT by OldGoatCPO (No Caitiff Choir of Angels will sing for me. )
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To: libertylover

There is an old saying that Bourbon must be made in Kentucky, however, this is a common misconception. “Kentucky Bourbon” is only produced in the state, but Bourbon in fact can be made in any of the 50 American states. Once the overall standards for Bourbon are met, it’s Bourbon.

The “Overall Standards” are the key.


8 posted on 06/14/2023 6:48:15 AM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Red Badger

Gonna pour that blue label Weller today.

After 5, of course! ;-)


9 posted on 06/14/2023 6:57:26 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Red Badger

Perhaps to celebrate the day, I will change from drinking rum to bourbon this evening.


10 posted on 06/14/2023 7:00:25 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: bk1000
It's always 5 o'clock, somewhere...................
11 posted on 06/14/2023 7:00:42 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

“ It’s always 5 o’clock, somewhere...................”

Excellent point. Cheers!


12 posted on 06/14/2023 7:23:58 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: bk1000

I don’t imbibe, but my nephew will probably be popping open his Blanton’s Gold I got him for Christmas.


13 posted on 06/14/2023 7:36:05 AM PDT by redangus
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To: redangus

That’s a nice gift!


14 posted on 06/14/2023 7:54:19 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: bk1000

We decided that we will celebrate with Basil-Hayden. One of our friends gave us our first bottle of a few years ago. He was a covid casualty, so we make a toast to him every now and again, and always with the BH. Miss you, buddy!


15 posted on 06/14/2023 7:57:37 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Red Badger

Everyday is bourbon day here!😎


16 posted on 06/14/2023 7:58:05 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Noumenon

Ping.


17 posted on 06/14/2023 9:05:17 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Red Badger

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18 posted on 06/14/2023 9:31:27 AM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: Red Badger

I suppose I should have specified, not at the same time. Alcohol and motorcycles together are an absolute never happen with me


19 posted on 06/14/2023 10:07:37 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: FamiliarFace

Great that you remember your friend that way. BH is Wifey’s favorite, too.


20 posted on 06/14/2023 10:24:57 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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